Rail-anchor.



UNATED cams PATENT ornion JACOB J. BYERS, OF CHICAGO, ILIiINOIS,ASSIGNOR TO NATIONAL MALLEABLE GAST- INGS COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND,

-OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

RAIL-ANCHOR.

Be it lrnown that I, JACOB J. BYERs, resident of Chicago, Cook county,Illinols, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Rail-Anchors, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification in which-,-

Figure l is a sectional end elevation of a rail anchor embodying myinvention, the

section being taken on the line II of Fig.

andis designed to provide a device of this character which is simple inits construction, which can be manufactured at a comparatively low cost,which can be readily applied to a rail, and which will efl'ectually"prevent-creeping or endwise movement of as' shown in the rail. i

T-hepature of my invention will be best understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which I have shown the preferred form thereof,and which will now be described, it being premised, however, thatvarious changes can be made in the details of construction andarrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope ofmy invention.

In the drawings, the numeral 2 designates a rail and 3 a cross-tie.

My improved anchor comprises two pieces or sections 4 and 5 of comlementary form.- Each section has at one oi its longitudinal edges anoverhunglip or flange 6, and at its 0 )posite edge a raised rib or lip7, which is o' tapered or wedge form, the outer wall of the overhungflange 6 being also tapered or beveled, as clearly shown at 8 in Figyghulhe web portion 9 of each section, ripoii which the rail seats isobliquely cut away as indicated at 10, so that the two sections may beapplied to each other in the manner shown in F ig. 3, vthe raised rib 7of one section engaging the overhung flange 6' of the other section. Oneof the sections, in the' -present instance the section 4, is providedwith the downward projections 11, acla ted to abutagainst the tie 3,

2. The sections are provided with the strengthening ribs 12.- Pref-'erably the raised rib 7 of one section is Specification of LettersPatent. Patented Dec. 6, 1910.

Application filed April 25, 1910. Serial No. as? 530.

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roughened or serrated as shown at 13 for more secure engagement with theouter ed e I of the rail base. Where the anchor is ma e of relativelysoft metal, this roughened face may be provided by a separate insert ofharder metal such as steel.

When the sections are applied to a rail one section is in the mannershown, an driven into anothergthe wedging faces of the ribs 7 andoverhung flanges 6 cause the inner faces of said ribs to exert apowerful grippingaetion against the outer edges of the rail base, andthus prevent any tendency of the rail to move cndwise therethrough, theengagement of the downward projcc-- tions 11 with the tie 3 in thedirection in which the rails would otherwise have a tendency to creeppreventing any movement of the anchor with the rails. I

My improved anchor can be readily manufactured at comparatively lowcost, since' the sections can be readily cast; it can be quickly appliedto a rail, and is highly eilicient in practical operation.

It will be obvious that various changes may be made .in the form of theanchor sections without departing from the spirit and scope of myinvention.

What I claim is 1. A rail anchor comprising two parts or sections havinga longitudinal wedging engagement with each other at each side of therail base and at the outer edges thereof and arranged to grip the baseof the rail,

each section having at. one side means for engagement with the baseflange of the rail, and at the opposite side a portion which forces theother section into gripping engagclnel'it with the rail; substantiallyas de scribed.

2. A rail anchor, comprising two parts or sections. each extendingtransversely un'derneath the rail base, each of said parts or sectionshaving means for engaging one edge of a rail base, and the sectionshaving a longitudinal wedging engagement with each other at the outeredges of the rail base; snbstantiallyas described.

'3. A rail anchor comprising two parts or sections, each extendingtransversely underneath the rail base one of which is arranged to slidelongitudinally upon the other, and

having coacting 'wec lging surfaces in the horizontal plane of the railbase, each of said sections having a-rail base gr pping portion, and oneof said sections having a tie-engaging portion; substantially asdescribed.

4. A rail anchoncomprising two parts or members, each of said membershaving at one edge a wedge-shaped lip or flange, and at the-other edgean overhungflange formed with a wedg-ing or tapered outer wallyt-heoverhung flange of onesection being arranged' to engage the raised lipor flangeof the other section; substantiallyas described.'

Arail' anchor comprising two parts or members, each of said membershaving at one edge'a wedge-shaped lip or flange, and at the other edgean overhung flange formed with a wedging or tapered outer wall, the

. overhung flange of one section being arranged to engage-the raised lip'or flange of the other section, and one of said raised ribs or flan'geshaving a serrated inner railgripping surface; substantially asdescribed.

6. A. rail anchor comprising two parts or members having a sliding andwedging engagement with each other at each side of the rail base andat-the outer edges thereof, and provided each with a rail base grippingportion, and one of said members having a depending tie-engaging portionsubstan tially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

JACOB J. BYERS.

W'itnesses v FREDERICK R. ANGELL, HOUSTON IJHEATI-I.

